Thin Green Line
Cannabis lawyers not only have to counsel their clients how to adhere to their state’s marijuana laws – assuming there are any – they also advise their clients how not to violate federal statutes governing that substance.
“You can only counsel to the applications of state law and [you] can’t advise them under federal law, because it’s illegal,” says Josh Horn, co-chair of Fox Rothschild LLP’s cannabis law group and a partner with the firm. Cannabis attorneys must also advise their clients of the legal implications of certain behaviors that may be legal under state law but prohibited under Federal jurisdiction, he says.
Such are the perils facing cannabis lawyers as they counsel clients how to navigate the startup business
